TANNER v. WALTERS

No. 22-1963.

HATTIE TANNER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DAVID A. WALTERS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: April 15, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Joel C. Bryant , MILLER, CANFIELD, PADDOCK, AND STONE, P.L.C., Ann Arbor, Michigan, for Appellant.

Wolfgang Mueller , MUELLER LAW FIRM, Novi, Michigan, for Appellee.

ON BRIEF: Joel C. Bryant , MILLER, CANFIELD, PADDOCK, AND STONE, P.L.C., Ann Arbor, Michigan, for Appellant.

Wolfgang Mueller , MUELLER LAW FIRM, Novi, Michigan, for Appellee.

Before: SUTTON, Chief Judge; DAVIS and MATHIS, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

After serving seventeen years in prison for murder, Plaintiff Hattie Tanner gained her freedom when this court granted her habeas relief and set aside her conviction, finding that it lacked sufficient evidentiary support. Once released from custody, Tanner filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against...

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